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Supreme Court refuses to hear case concerning rights of disabled air passengers
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not examine whether new air-travel rules that allow lengthy delays breach the rights of some Canadians with disabilities. The federal regulations le...
Apr 9, 2020
Southampton becomes 1st EPL club to defer player salaries
SOUTHAMPTON, England - Southampton became the first Premier League club to announce an agreement with players to defer part of their salaries during the coronavirus pandemic. Players and coaches at th...
Apr 9, 2020
Top court won't hear bid to suspend Quebec's secularism law
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not look at whether Quebec's secularism law should be suspended while a full legal challenge of the measure plays out. The law, known as Bill 21, prohibi...
Apr 9, 2020
'Dynamic' physical distancing could help balance COVID-19 fight, economy: study
Dialing physical distancing measures up and down could be a way of sustaining the long-term fight against COVID-19 while not crushing the economy, a new study from Ontario researchers s...
Apr 9, 2020
16.8M Americans thrown out of work as economic toll rises
NEW YORK - The coronavirus outbreak has thrown at least 16.8 million Americans onto the unemployment rolls in just three weeks, underscoring the terrifying speed with which the crisis has brought worl...
Apr 9, 2020
UK braces for more virus deaths; Johnson reported stable
LONDON - Britons braced Thursday for several more weeks in lockdown as Prime Minister Boris Johnson remained stable in a London hospital after three nights in intensive care for treatment of his coron...
Apr 9, 2020
Controls can keep Canadian COVID-19 deaths under 22,000, health agency says
OTTAWA - With strong control measures, the federal public health agency projects that 11,000 to 22,000 Canadians could die of COVID-19 in the coming months.The Public Health Agency of Canada says shor...
Apr 9, 2020
Virtual choir brings N.L. students together in song, with cameo from Trudeau
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A "virtual choir" has brought students across Newfoundland and Labrador, along with professional musicians and politicians, together in song during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Newfou...
Apr 9, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 8:10 a.m. Canada Goose Holdings Inc. is moving to increase its domestic production of personal protective equipmen...
Apr 9, 2020
Iraq appoints third PM-designate, after second withdraws
BAGHDAD - Iraq's intelligence chief was appointed the country's third prime minister-designate in just over a month Thursday after the resignation of the most recent candidate amid political infightin...
Apr 9, 2020